The Nyāyacandrikā of Gayadāsa and its Manuscripts

The Nyāyacandrikā by Gayadāsa (fl. ca. 1000, Bengal) is one of the important early commentaries on the Suśrutasaṃhitā. It was discussed by Meulenbeld (Meulenbeld, 1999, pp. 1A: 380-383). It is the oldest commentary for which we have any surviving manuscripts.

Surviving portions of the Nyāyacandrikā

Very little of the Nyāyacandrikā survives. Today, we have only the following manuscript fragments:

Sūtrasthāna

• MS Bikaner Anup 4389

Nidānasthāna

• MS Bikaner Anup 4390 (Paris BnF Cordier 1177 & 1235 are copies of Anup 4390)

Śārīrasthāna

• MS Jaipur RORI 6838

• MS Cambridge UL add. 2491 This MS was copied by the same scribe as Bikaner Anup 4390 and RORI 5157.

  Diplomatic transcription of the Cambridge manuscript of this part of the Nyāyacandrikā has begun, and can be viewed here for 3.1 and here for 3.4.

Kalpasthāna

• MS Bikaner RORI 5157 Dated 1468 CE. This is probably part of the same scribal production as Jaipur RORI 6838.

The only fragment to be published so far is the commentary on the Nidānasthāna, which was edited and included by Yādavaśarman Trivikramji Ācārya in his 1938 edition of the Suśrutasaṃhitā (Ācārya & Ācārya, 1938).

References

1. A History of Indian Medical Literature

   Gerrit Jan Meulenbeld

   1999

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2. श्रीडल्हणाचार्यविरचितया निबन्धसंग्रहाख्यव्याख्यया निदानस्थानस्य श्रीगयदासाचार्यविरचितया न्यायचन्द्रिकाख्यपञ्जिकाव्याख्यया च समुल्लसिता महर्षिणा सुश्रुतेन विरचिता सुश्रुतसंहिता

   Yādavaśarma Trivikrama Ācārya and Nārāyaṇa Rāma Ācārya

   1938

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